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' No. 744,467. PATENTBD 1101 17, 1903,

H. 0. BOYLE & J. MAUM.

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UN TED STATES Patented November 17, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

HUGH C. BOYLE AND JOHN MAUM, OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.

WIRE-COVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 744,467, dated. November 17, 1903.

Application filed May 6,1903. Serial No. 155,935. (No model.)

i To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HUGH O. BOYLE and JOHN MAUM, citizens of the United States, residing at Elizabeth, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Wire-Covers, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to new and useful improvements in wire-covers; and its object is to provide a device of this character which can be readily attached to and detached from a coil of wire and will effectually protect the same. It is particularly intended for cot'ering coils of telegraph-wire and is designed to take the place of the burlap usually employed for that purpose.

The object of the invention is to so construct the cover as to permit it to be quickly and securely fastened to the coils by means of a lace. v

Another object is to so arrange the lace as to reduce the liability of injury thereto to the minimum. I

Another object is to simplify the construction of the cover by arranging eyes therein through which the lace can be inserted during the operation of fastening the cover upon the wire.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form of our invention, and in which Figure 1 is an elevation of our improved covering in closed position; and Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2, Fig. 1.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, l is a circular strip, preferably formed of canvas, adapted -to be bent upon itself to form a circular tubular casing, adjacent the inner edges of which are arranged eyes 2 for the receptionof a lace 3. The ends of the strip are adapted to be brought together and held in position upon a coil of wire by means of straps 4, secured thereto. One end of the By extending the lace under the edges of the strip alternately it will be seen that only half of the lace is exposed to any objects which may be brought into contact with the inner surface of the casing, and therefore the danger of injury to the lace and the subsequent breaking thereof is half as great as would be the case where the entire lace is arranged outside the casing.

. In the foregoing description we have shown the preferred form of our invention; but we -do not limit ourselves thereto, as we are aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificin g any of the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of our invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- A cover for wire coils comprising a circular strip of flexible material bent upon itself to form a tubular casing, straps secured to the ends of the casing for binding them upon the coil of wire, eyes formed within the strip adjacent the edges thereof, and a flexible strip projecting through the eyes and under the edges of the strip alternately, whereby said edgesmay be bound together and the strip securely fastened about the coil of wire.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

HUGH O. BOYLE. JOHN MAUM. Witnesses:

HOWARD SNYDER, AUGUSTINE CLAssoN. 

